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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
A Widc and Suggestive Field

Nine. Janauschek's success is unques-
tionable, for she is Meg Merilles even in
the respect of hardly having even to make
up for the part, and because q warp of
imagination, susceptibility to supersti-
ton and collective feebleness of aged
powers are a gift from nature or a contri-
button by time of precisely the qualities
which art would have to supply to others
filling the role. 1 know of no other in
stance than this one in which the weight
of mental and bodily failure which pre-
scribes q retirement from the stage has
been organized into feat which insures a
definite continuance upon it.
The field it opens is wide and suggest
i've. Consumptives can be cast for Ca
mile. Starving and emaciated actors can
be cast for the apothecary in "Romeo and
Juliet" From old mems homes Adams
to so forestward with Orlando can be
drawn. The Fat Mans club can keep a
line of Falstaffs, in whom, however, all
the lines are curves. The opponents of
high license can fill out orders for any
number of Sir Toby Belches. Tramps
could be utilized as gypsies and rabble
and other lay property, while Roman cjti-
zens and policemen would no more have
to be recruited from fatigued dray-
men and tired 'longshoremen.
Eagle,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
One Way to Sober OFF.

A Well known sporting man, under the
influence of too much wine, occupied a
chair in one of the most popular and fash
ionable of the down town resorts of bank
ers, brokers and merchants, and so stupid
was he that the best efforts of his friends
to keep him from public exhibition were
long unavailing Eventually one of the
barkeepers shook him up bit, when he
aroused somewhat, but fell off I'm q deep
slumber again. In half an hour another
and more successful attempt was made,
when he incoherently inquired as to his
whereabouts. He then put his hand into
his trousers pocket, took out a penknife
and asked the barkeeper to open the
smaller blade. "This is all o K" said
the latter. 'It's the old racket. He won't
hurt nobody. You'll see." And then he
slipped the handle end into the grasping
fingers of the old sport, who opened his
mouth and made three or four superficial
incisions on the roof. Within a inmate
after the flow Of blood he was upon his
feet, and under friendly guidance reached
the door, and when last seen he was walk
ing up the street as straight as bee flies.
John Morrissey was the first man that
saw do that" said the barkeeper, as he
tossed up a coffee bean and dexterously
caught it in his mouth.-New York
iimss
Some man, evidently suffering from
disordered liver, has defined medicine to
be that art or science Of amusing sick
man with frivolous speculations about his
disorder, and Of temporizing ingeniously
vi nature either kills Or cures him,.---
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
Learning to Climb.

One may soon become an expert at climb
ing poles, bare tree trunks and the like with
IL little preparatory training. A good exer-
else for beginners can be taken ON board,
fixed at an angle of forty five degrees, against
some object. Grasp the outside edges of the
board with both hands, set the feet flat upon
It's center and try to mount by moving hands
and feet alternately Make very little steps,
both in ascending and descending; be careful
to avoid sudden slides down the board. AS
you improve set the board more upright; in
time substitute pole for the board.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
Brain Forcing in ChildhoOd-A Simple
Remedy for Insomnia.


Remedy for Insomnia.
DR.. William A. Hammond, in considering
i'm Popular Science the subject of brain fore
ing in childhood, states that Shs brain of a
child is larger in proportion to its body than
is that of an adult A fact somewhat aston
ishing to those not aware of it, is that the
head of boy or girl does not grow in size
after the seventh year, so that the hat that is
worn at that age can he worn just as well at
30. In the mean time the rest of the body
has more than doubled in magnitude. Not
only is the brain larger, but it is more excita-
BILE and impressionable in the child than in
the adult. At the same time the structure is
immature What it possesses in size it lacks
in organization; consequently it is not at its
maximum for severe and long continued ex-
ertion, and when subjected to strain of this
kind it is certain to suffer. We have all of
us seen children become mentally fatigued
from very slight causes, even when they have
been at the same time greatly interested.
How much more, therefore, must their brains
be tired when they have been forced to con-
centrate their attention upon subjects the i'm
portance of which they do not understand.
The child, says DR.. Hammond, should be
taught how to acquire knowledge by the use
of his senses, and there are facts enough sur
rounding him to keep him as much engaged
as is proper. II he does not begin to look at
books till he is 10 years old he will, by the
time year has elapsed, read better than the
the child that has begun to learn his letters
at or
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
"Thank You" in England,

In the United States one can say
Thank you'' in return for some service
without mourning the danger of being
taken for servant or person in a posi-
ton where he is not above being tipped.
To say ''Thank you" in England puts you
at once on level with the people who
have their heads set at an alert angle, on
guard for the coy shilling, the nimble six
pence, the familiar "thrippence," 'stup-
pence" penny or ha'penny. "Thank
you," pronounced either "Thank yo'' or
THANK yew," meets you ut every turn.
You cannot say a word to any of the
small tradesmen or the servant class
without hearing it as a reply to your
every sentence which Is not direct ques-
ton. Among the few people in the linn
tied circle where tips are not expected or
received, grateful Acknowledgements are
expressed by the phrase, 'sThahnks," or
'oThahnks awfuIly. THE Argonaut.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Manners and Customs Practiced in Pc
lite Society.

lite Society.
The post has become as suitable method
as any for conveying social messages. In the
stately English etiquette, which our people
have so largely adopted, it is considered thor
oughly respectful to send cards and invita-
tions by post. 1t is certainly as compliment
airy to send them by post as by the dirty
fingers of a hired messenger In all countries
a card sent by a private hand in an envelope
is equivalent to visit. In England one sent
by post is equivalent to a visit, excepting after
a dinner. Nothing should ever be penciled
OH a card sent by post except the letters p. p
G. When invitations are sent by post an ex-
ira outer envelope is always used, and one
such may enclose all the invitations addressed
to one family. When delivered by messenger
the outer wrap is no longer used. A messen-
ger was once considered the only courteous
medium for delivering a lady's social mes
sages, but the conveniences of the postal de-
livery have made it an approved and satisfac-
tory substitute.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
The Best Kind of Nut.

Hickory nuts are the best, )" said Ned,
TO.his little sisters and brothers.
They are hardest to crack, but when they are
cracked,
They are nicer than all the Others"
peanuts are better. l think" said Tom.
They're the incest nuts that they sell.
So easy to crack. and most always, you know,
You will find two nuts in one she'll"
They talked of walnu.s and butternuts
OF chestnuts, raw, boiled and roasted,
And of his particular favorite kind,
Each little child eagerly boosted.
Quiet and unnoticed in the throng
Stood Curlyhead funny aud SMALL
Who said, when the others had finished, 81 think
That doughnuts are better than ALL"
Golden DAYS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
The Walls of n Sick Room,

Walls finished in plain subdued color are
recommended for sick room. Patients
have been rendered restless and irritable by
vainly prolonged efforts to trace problems or
count combinations in the patterns of fancy
wall papers. A case of temporary insanity
is even reported as arising from the mental
strain of trying to solve possible combine
tions of certain figures ON the wall paper
The patients mutterings indicated the cause
of the trouble, which ceased upon removing
him to room with plain walls
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02

Never show that you feel slight. For no
one but mean person will put slight on
another. and such a person profoundly re-
spects the one who is unconscious of his feeble
spite. Never resent publicly a lack of courtesy;
it is in the worst possible taste. What you do
privately about dropping such an acquaint-
ance must be left to yourself. We are not
always wrong when we quarrel; but if we
meet our deadliest foe at friends house we
are bound to treat him with perfect civility
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
A NOVEL GAME BOARD.

The disk may be of any appropriate size,
and is provided with handle and formed
with holes arranged and numbered as shown
in the cut To the enlarged portion of the
handle is secured bail, which acts as sup
port for the marble used in playing the game.
Should the marble leave the disk, it would be
prevented from falling to the floor by the en-
circling hoop. The main feature of the game
is to cause the marble to pass from the bail
around the disk, past the several holes, to
and around the central hole, and back again
to the bail. The marble should pass the holes
marked with the lower numbers first, but if
it should fall from the outer edge of the disk,
or into either one of the two large inner open
ings, no count could be made 1t is evident
that the shape of the disk and the arrange
ulvrrt of tho holes may be changed as desired
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
Construction OF Tornado Caves.

In some localities tornado caves are be-
ginning to be regarded as part of the
necessary equipment of every dwelling
and farm. The construction of cave de-
serves serious consideration, and it is en-
couraging to see experts giving their at
tention to the matter. Recently a Bur-
lington, Ia, company offered a prize of
$500 for the best design of tornado cave.
There were 121 competitors and the award
was made by Lieut.. Finley, of the United
States signal service The Burlington
Hawkeye published sketches of the cave
and estimates its cost all the way from
1854 to $345. The suggestion is made
that these shelters should be equipped
with everything necessary for the comfort
of their occupants. Constitution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
Women as Meat INSPECTORS,

A French woman's rights journal, the
Cheyenne, suggests that the places of
inspectors of meat markets should be
given to women. Women, it says, buy
the meat and cook it, and should there
fore know more about it's quality than the
inexperienced gentlemen who are some
times appointed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
Il. s. ". =.

The initials r. S. v. p. are still seen upon
many invitations, but by no means as often
as was once the case To use them is of
course the equivalent for suggesting to one
whom you invite to be your guest, that some
doubt exists as to whether he knows enough
of good society to answer an invitation
That they are falling into something of dis.
favor augurs well for our growing good
manners and familiarity with the customs OF
polite society
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
The Embroidered o,ley.

The fashionable little embroidered doyley
is not meant for USE If is spread over the
fruit dessert plate and serves as mat for the
finger bowl, which is placed upon in. Just
at the close of dinner, after ice cream, pie OF
pudding has been disposed of and when fruit
is about to be served, dessert plate, with
doyley and finger bowl upon it, is placed be-
fore each guest, who removes the finger bowl
and doyley and places them at the left of the
plate. The finger bowl contains little water
and a bit of lemon. After dipping the
fingers in the bowl they are dried on the din
ner napkin or regular fruit napkin provided
for that purpose.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02

1t is alleged that insomnia, which has of
late years become so general, has increased
with the custom of sleeping without the head
covered. The cure suggested is to tie large
handkerchief tightly around the temples,
under the ears, in a small knot at the back
The bandage gives the required pressure on
the outer surface of the head, the lack of
which is the supposed cause of slecplessness.
Some people find this complete cure.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02

A physician tells how he has aborted a
great many felons, though of course it can
be done only in the earliest stage Tie a rag
loosely around the finger and keep it con-
stantly wet with cold water. This cures
often; but probably some more fantastic APP
pliance will please most patients better.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
To Clean and Soften the Skin.

A recipe said to be excellent for improving
the complexion, especially if the skin be
coarse, is the following: Take flour of sui
phur and mix in little milk, let it stand for
an hour Or two, rub the milk into the skin
without disturbing the sulphur. 1t will clean
and soften the skin wonderfully.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
Not the Proper Thing.

In New York city it is not the proper
thing to part the tails of your dress coat
when you sit down. An observing young
man recently saw the Prince of Wales,
while holding cane and bouquet in one
hand and his hat In the other, sit down
without looking after his coat tails, hence
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
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ASK YOUR GROCER FOR u.
ASK YOUR DR. ueaIsT FOR IT.
Prevents Roup, Prevents 6apes, Pro.
yents Cholera, Prevents Egg.Eat.
Ing, Prevents Laying Soft
Ems, Makes Kens Lay.
It Sells for Six Gents Per Pound.
in Boxes.

chick.ehiek-er-re-kee tpoultry food and pro-
yeniive Of disease for poultry, the great egg
the health Of the fowiing 1t is the first srdele Of
rs kind ever Patented IN the United States,
six cents per pound. 1t is no powder. Chick.
ems will eat it: That ought to convince you that
4, Is good. If your Grocer, Druggist, Hard.
ware or Country Storekeeper will not get Il
for you, send me one dollar, and viii ship
you twenty pound box by freight, or one hundred
pounds for Ave dollars. A large box will cost you
no more freight than small box. Attend to your
poultry, If you want to make profit out of them,
Just the same as you attend to your land. Unless
you manure your land 1t will not pay you. just
50 with poultry; you must give them something
besides feed. They must have material to
answer for grinders, and material for the egg.
If you feed chiek-chiek-er-re-kee (egg food)
every day you will never have any sick chick.
enc, and your hens will lay eggs when otherwise
they would not. You will never do without Il
after fair trial. Do not pay twenty-five or
fifty cents q pound for medicine to feed your
poultry when you can get better article from
your storekeeper at six cents pound. Don't
be clam; try It. Manufactured in the United
GfafeS oo1x, h,,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
Mary and Her Lamb.
The we'll known nursery song, beginning

Mary had a little lamb,
It's fleece was white as snow,
was founded on an incident in real life, and
the heroine, Mary, is at the present time a
benign lady of some 20 years of age. Mary
was born OH a farm in Worcester county,
Massachusetts,, and very fond was she during
Ner early childhood of running about over the
fields with her father. One day they found a
young lamb numb with cold and half starved,
its mother having died during the night.
Mary's kind heart was touched, and lifting
the half dead animal in her arms she carried
it to the house, made bed for it near the
kitchen fire, and in due time nursed it back to
life and health. In return for her kind
services the lamb became very much attached
to Mary
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02

The most inveterate scalper that ever
operated in the Chicago grain market Is
Millionaire Hutchinson. A scalper, the
uminitiated should be told, is trader who
jumps in and out with rapid deals, salts
fed with small profits, and making as few
losses as possible. Most operators want
TO double their money, and many stand
for long profits. Not so with Hutch. His
orders to his brokers are to close out as
soon as they can show q profit to his
credit.
"What do you mean by profit, Mr..
Hutchinson" inquired q young broker the
other day, on receiving his first order from
the scalper.
''Great heavensr' was the rejoinder,
''haven't you been here long enough to
know what profit isS'' eyes, know
what profit is, but don't know what
You consider satisfactory profit" ga
profit" Hutch then explained, sis a profit.
Any profit should be satisfactory to man
who isn't q hog. Young man, $50 is a
profit-yes, $40, or SIS, or 81, or even ten
cents. And if You can't do any better,
one cent is better than nothing al all. Go
along and fill that order, and be sure that
you earn me q profit, no matter how
small" The broker said he had been
trading on Hutchinson's account for
seventeen successive days, filing several
small orders each day, and in all that
time he had not made q loss. Some
times his profits were only sufficient to
pay commissions and dollar or two over,
but the old man was always satisfied
Chjcago Harold
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02

The amount of chocolate annually con.
sumed is $4,000, coo pounds, the market
list being headed by Trance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
1t followed her to school one day,

Mary hid it under her desk, and all went well
until she was called to the teachers desk to
recite her lesson, when the lamb walked after
her, and ''made the children laugh and play"
The teacher was obliged TO turn it out and
shut it up in an adjoining wood shed until
such time as Mary could take it home. A
young student, hearing of the incident, wrote
the rhyme SO familiar to all. The lamb lived
to good old age, and Mary wore several
pairs of stockings made from its fleece, one
pair of which figured not SO very long ago at
II church fair in Massachusetts, where they
were sold for big price as curious relic Of
the old days which furnished the incident of
John ROllstone's story in verse about MARY
and her little lamb"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
A Short Dog Story.

Rattlety-bang! rattlety-bang-downt the
street clattered a tin can tied to the tail of a
DOOR friendless and frightened dog.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
A FRIEND IN NEED.

A crowd of boys followed at the runaway's
heels with cries and shouts, increasing alike
his terror and his speed, until, at last, he had
distanced the pursuers, but not, alas! that
horrible, noisy thing that clattered and rat
tied at his heels Thoroughly tired, and quite
as thoroughly terrified, the poor dog looked
to right and left as he ran for help or shelter.
At length he spied, at the corner of a cross
street not far away, large, friendly looking
Newfoundland dog With piteous cries and
an imploring look, the exhausted dog dragged
himself and his noisy appendage to the New
foundand, and looked to him for help. Nor
was his appeal unheeded, for the Newfonnd-
land seemed to appreciate the position and at
once showed himself to be q generous dog. A
patient gnawing at the string finally re-
leased the can; and then, lifting it in air, the
Newfoundland flung it from him with tri-
umphant toss of the head, while the other dog
joyously bounded up from his crouching posi-
tion-thankful to be rid of the troublesome
burden which his human tormentors had In
nicted upon him,-St Nicholas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02

4IAnn 81 New York N. 4. Post Once boz. u
&reampls Tor trial sent nee on spplicstio z
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-06-02
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG PROVES A
FRIEND IN NEED.

A Game Affording Amusement and Re
quiring Skill and Steady Nerves-Why
the Nursery Rhyme of MARY Had a
Little Lamb" Was Written.
The novel game board here depicted is de-
signed to be used, explains Scientific Ameri-
can, in the playing of game which not only
affords much amusement, but requires con-
siderable skill and steady nerves.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-10-28
The Temperance Campaign.

Col. Geo. Woodford will begin Nov.
1st or I'd, to lecture on temperance in
Mitchell, and will hold meetings every
nigh. until after election. Mr.. Wood
ford is one of the strongest advocates
of the cause on the platform, and has
been at work in Dakota for two
months. The jamestown daily Alert
gives the following report Of his work
there:
Col. Geo. Woodford's lectures seem
to grow in interest more and more.
His information on temperance is in
exhaustible, He holds his audience
spell bound with thrilling narrative.
pathetic description or invincible ar
.gument. His appeal last night. also
The previous night, to the mothers,
wives and daughters, was grandly beau
tiful Those lectures and appeals
ought to touch the heart of every true
woman in this town who desires to
preserve the morals of our fathers,
husbands and sons. Every night ad-
ditioual names are secured to the
pledge and scores who have manifested
no interest to the cause, are now
aroused to sense OF their duty. The
enthusiasm of the people is rising
with every meeting. and the good that
is being done is simply wonderful.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-10-28
How the Turk. Make Coffee.

A special word for the coffee is needed.
The Turkish coffee is seldom liked at first
by strangers, but it does lot take long for
one to learn to like that SO well that no
other coffee ever tastes half so good
There is small brass thing between q
dipper and kettle with a capacity for
two, four or more cups marked upon it.
Into this is put cold water, teaspoon
heaping full of sugar for each cup and u
small teaspoonful of coffee ground as fine
as -four for each person. These are added
to the cold water, and then the ebrick, or
coffee Kettle, is pushed down into the
Goals of the manga, or brazier, and just as
it is on the point of boiling, before it does
the coffee is poured into tiny porcelain
cups, which hold as much as half an egg
shell. This cup is then placed into q
beautiful gold or silver filagree coffee
holder, and is served with tray Of
glasses Of water. First you drink the
water to leave your mouth clean enough
to appreciate to the full the delicious
aroma of the coffee. No milk OF cream is
added and the coffee is thick with
grounds, and on the top of each cup
should he u foam called kaimac, or cream.
AS soon as yo,. enter q harcm the Chief
lady, or bascadine hanur1, claps her
hands and the caiTeejee or coffee bearer,
brings coffee.-Olive Harper in Philadel-